Protective device



June 4, 1929. w. A. soNEN PROTECTIVE DEVICE AFiled Mail 15, 1928 Ill.-

' WITNESSES M INVENTOR WZZaz/wwwm BY ila ATTORNEY Patented .lune 4, 1929.

@TENT WILLIAM A. SONEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PROTECTIVE DEVICE.

Application led May 15,

This invention relates to a protective device designed and adapted to be secured to an item of goods, such as a fur piece, garment and Others, for the purpose of preventing substitution of inferior or imitation goods for the original goods, by persons entrusted with the goods for any purpose.

Some of the objects of the invention are: to provide a device of the indicated character embodying novel and improved features of construction facilitating the permanent seem-ement of the device to the goods, and -which cannot be tamperedv with, without leaving the device in a condition indicating that a fraudulent attempt has been made to detach the device; to provide a device of the indicated character which serves for the purpose of tagging and/or marking an item of goods or merchandise in such a manner as to prevent fraudulent substitution; and to provide a device of the indicated character which is of simple construction and which may be manufactured at a low cost.

'lhe nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1, is a plan view of the device secured to a piece of goods.

Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2 2, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a sectional view taken on the line ite-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing, it will be apparent that, the device comprises four parts, respectively designated 10, 11, 12 and 13. The part 1() is in the form of a fastening element and consists of a disk 14 having a eentral portion 15 depressed from the plane of the disk to provide a recess, and a hollow stud 16 projecting centrally and laterally from the portion 15.

The part 11 is substantially similar in size and shape to the size and shape of the part 10, and is therefore in the form of a disk having a central portion 17 depressed from the plane of the disk to provide a recess, and a central hollow arbor 18 disposed in the recess provided by the central depressed po-rtion 17. One face of the part 11 is provided with a series of grooves 19 which are disposed radially with respect to the arbor 18,

1928. Serial No. 277,875.

and certain of the grooves 19 are indexed by numbers 20.

The part 12 is in the form of a disk equal in diameter to that of the parts 10 and 11, and is provided with a central hole 21 and a series of lines or marks 22 on one face thereof, and certain of said lines or marks being indexed by numbers 23. i 'V The part 13 is in the form of a marker or pointer and consists of a body portion 24 having peints 25, and a narrow elongated portion 26 integral with the body portion 24.

.The body portion 24 has a hole 27. The

portion 26 is offset with respect to the body portion 24, as at 28 for a purpose to appear. All of the parts are made preferably of metal. The parts will be machine made, stamped and died to provide the features set forth. It is to be observed that the grooves 19 terminate short of the circumferential edge of the part 11, for a reason to appear.

rllhe parts 10, 11 and 12. arer designed and adapted to be permanently secured to. an item of goods or merchandise, such as a piece of fur, a garment, or other article. This is accomplished by passing the stud 16 through f a hole in the goods, indicated at 29 in the drawing, with the disk or flange 14 on one side, the part 11 is then arranged on the stud 16 positioned on the opposite side of the goods, the marker 1.3 is then arrangedv on the arbor 18 with the portion 16 disposed in any one of the grooves 19, the part 12 is then arranged on the stud 16. The end of the stud 16 lis then crushed down by the use of a suitable machine to securely fasten the parts together with the goods tightly bound between the disks 11 and 14. It is to be understood that the marker 13 will be set in a certain position prior to the securement of the parts, and notation will be made as to the position in which the marker 18 is set. In the present instance the marker is set with the portion 26 in the second groove to the right of number 3, indicating a 8l-2 position. The points of the marker may also be considered in conjunction with the grooves 19 which supplement portion 26 indicating the set position of the marker. As shown most clearly in FigureB, one point 25 is opposite the first groove below number 2, and the other point 25 is coincidental with the first groove to the right of number 8. lt will. also be apparent that when the parte are fastened together on the nods, that the marker 13 will be concealed from view.

. arating the parts, the marker 13 will shift from the said position, and consequently a person will not know how to reset the parts with the marker 13 in the proper position. In this way any tampering with the device for the purpose of' making a fraudulent substitution may be readily detected.

The device is also designed for the purpose of applying a tag to an item of goods. For instance a tag with a cord loop may be applied to an item of goods by passing the loop around the arbor 18 prior to the securement of the parts. Such tag may contain any preferred or appropriate indicia.

I claim: v

1. A protective device comprising a 'fasteir ing element consisting of a stud and a flange; a pair of members, one of said members have ing a hole, the other of said members having a hollow arbor, a marker adapted to be positioned on the arbor and freely movable thereon, said stud being adapted to pass through a hole in an item of goods, also through the hole in the one member, and the arbor on the other member, to permanently secure the parts together with the goods confined between one of said members and said flange when the end of the stud is crushed down, and the marker being concealed between said pair of members and held thereby against movement, said marker being free to move when said members have been partly separated in detaching the device from the goods.

2. A protective device as defined in claim 1, in which the member having the arbor has indexed grooves in one face radially disposed With respect to the arbor, and in which the marker is in the form of a pointer having a portion adapted for dispositionin any one of said grooves. Y

A protective device comprising a plurality of separate parts adapted to be permanently secured together on an item of goods, a marker concealed by tivo of said parts, said marker being free to move on one of said parts when the parts have been partly separated in detaching thel device from the goods, and cooperating means on the marker and one of said parts to indicate a desired position ofthe marker relative to said part.

4. A protective device comprising a plurality of separate parts adapted to be permanently secured together' on an item of goods, a marker concealed by two of said parts, said marker being` free to move on one of said parts when the parts have been partly separated in detaching the device from the goods, one of said parts having grooves in one face, certain of said grooves being designated, said marker having a portion adapted for disposition in any one of said grooves'to indicate a desired position of the marker relative to the grooved part.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of May, 1928.

VILLIAM A. SONEN. 

